bump up
phrasal verb
bumped up; bumping up; bumps up
informal
: to move (something or someone) to a higher level, position, rank, etc.
Prices are being bumped up.
They're bumping her up to district manager.
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The Muga 30 gets a 120-mm suspension fork courtesy of SR Suntour while the Muga 20 and Muga 10 each bumps up to a Fox 34 Float AWL Sport.
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New Atlas, 8 July 2025
One play might be to have Young opt in to that salary, and then bump up that number to his max of $54.6 million in 2027-28, but only on a two-year extension that has no raise in 2028-29 but contains a player option.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Provisions which nearly doubled the standard deduction, upped the monetary thresholds for tax brackets, lowered the top tax rate and bumped up the child tax credit were set to expire at the end of 2025.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 3 July 2025
He got bumped up one spot after McLaren driver Lando Norris made a desperate lunge and crashed out of the race.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
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New Atlas, 8 July 2025
One play might be to have Young opt in to that salary, and then bump up that number to his max of $54.6 million in 2027-28, but only on a two-year extension that has no raise in 2028-29 but contains a player option.
—John Hollinger, New York Times, 7 July 2025
Provisions which nearly doubled the standard deduction, upped the monetary thresholds for tax brackets, lowered the top tax rate and bumped up the child tax credit were set to expire at the end of 2025.
—Ryan Ermey, CNBC, 3 July 2025
He got bumped up one spot after McLaren driver Lando Norris made a desperate lunge and crashed out of the race.
—Nelson Espinal, MSNBC Newsweek, 16 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for bump up
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“Bump up.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bump%20up. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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